Olga Malinkiewicz the first Polish woman in history with the European Inventor Award!
European Inventor Award 2024 – Olga Malinkiewicz.
Olga Malinkiewicz (with her team) became the first Polish woman ever to win one of the most prestigious innovation awards in Europe – the European Inventor Award. She was recognized for developing solar energy technology through economical and environmentally friendly perovskite cells. The inventor has been associated with the Wroclaw Technology Park for years.
“The European Inventor Award is given to individuals whose inventions impact our lives.Thanks to these pioneers, our world is becoming safer, smarter and more sustainable.”
– European Inventor Award
European Inventor Award – European Inventor Awards
Olga Malinkiewicz and her team were among this year’s finalists for the prestigious European Inventor Award in the category of small and medium-sized companies with up to 250 employees. The finalists were selected from more than 550 candidates. Malinkiewicz competed against inventors from France and Finland for the award.
“People with a passion for discovery drive innovation.Without their inquisitive minds and thirst for new ideas, there would be no inventive spirit or progress.The European Inventor Award pays tribute to inventors around the world.It celebrates those who turn their ideas into technological advances, economic growth or improvements to our daily lives.” – European Inventor Award
The European Inventor Award, established by the European Patent Office in 2006, is presented to individuals and teams who have developed world-changing technologies.
Olga Malinkiewicz: technology for printing thin and flexible solar cells. Perovskites, what are they?
Olga Malinkiewicz was recognized for developing technology for printing perovskite solar cells. These are thin and flexible solar cells – so light that a square meter can be held between two fingers.
What’s more, perovskites allow generating energy from both sunlight and artificial light, opening up a wide range of applications, e.g. the cells could be on windows, building walls and tents. But not only that – Wroclaw perovskites are already on Orlen and Google.
– A visionary idea, a technology that will change the world, a revolution with global potential – these are the opinions about what Olga Malinkiewicz is doing.
Perovskites made in Wroclaw.Why did Olga Malinkiewicz choose Wroclaw?
In 2021, the world’s first perovskite factory opened by Malinkiewicz’s company, Saule Technologies, was established in Wrocław (in the Wrocław Technology Park).
Saule Technologies is a company, created in 2014 by physicist Olga Malinkiewicz and businessmen Piotr Krych and Artur Kupczunas.
When asked why Wroclaw, Olga Malinkiewicz emphasizes that when she came here from Valencia, Spain, she established cooperation with the then Wroclaw Research Center EIT+. In 2015. Olga Malinkiewicz was the winner of the “30 Creatives of Wroclaw” competition.
Olga Malinkiewicz awarded internationally
Olga Malinkiewicz was the first Polish woman to win the Innovators Under 35 ranking of the MIT Technology Review magazine, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
For her scientific and business activities, Malinkiewicz was honored by the American Chemical Society as one of the leading women entrepreneurs of new technologies.
